Linking the students to a broader community, enhancing the range of support and opportunities available to students. It is the connection between students and all the educationalists with proactive consultation, collaboration and shared leadership with these stakeholders which enhances the students and the community.

Guiding questions for this criterion:

• Do the students have active and healthy relationships with families and guardians?
• Do the students have an engagement of parent/guardian/other community member engagement in their learning and understanding?
• Do your students have relationships with community partners and other educationalists in your community that impact their lives?

Shared leadership & management practices, decision-making processes, use of data and data systems, rules, culture, procedures, and policies at all levels that are a foundational sustainable part of the students prioritizing shared ownership of leadership in the community.

Guiding questions for this criterion:

• Does the initiative have collaborative leadership & practices that build relationships throughout all key educationalists in the community?
• Does the initiative use and share data with community partners to meet students and families’ needs?
• Does the initiative have active family & community engagement dialogue, participation and/or programs that help reach every child with access, relevance and/or quality holistic education?
• Does the initiative addresses differences through procedures, systems, programs and communications that are inclusive and equitable?

Online learning has become the hub of the community and a life-long learning initiative that will enhance the community through developing key strategies, programs, projects such as parent and family learning and literacy programs, food growing programs, infrastructure investments, improving quality of life with physical activity or mental health programs, economic development etc.

Guiding questions for this criterion:

• Does the initiative have programs that are intergenerational that enhance the student and community life?
• Do they have volunteer or mentorship programs to help and support students?
• Do they have projects and programs in place to help with equity and inclusiveness in the community and beyond?
• Do they offer programs that expand beyond the understanding from before to after schooling as well as during the course of learning?